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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JOHN B. BARNETT, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO LEONIDAS M.
BARKLEY AND .ONE-THIRD TO JOHN W. DAVIS, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
PORTABLE HITCHING-BLOCK.No. 887,026.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN B. BARNETT, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Fort
Worth, county of Tarrant, and State of
c Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Portable Hitching-Blocks,
of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to a hitching block
and more particularly to portable hitching
10 blocks, and the object is to provide hitching
blocks which are simple and inexpensive and
which will hold a hitching rein at any desir-
able length but which under abnormal strain
will yield and be retracted within the casing
15 or block when the abnormal strain is relieved.
The advantage of such provision is that there
will be no occasion for the rein to be any
longer than actually necessary and the rein
will not fall on the ground to be trampled
20 upon and soiled.
Other objects and advantages will be fully
explained in the following description and
the invention will be more particularly point-
ed out in the claims.
25 Reference is had to the accompanying
drawings which form a part of this applica-
tion and specification.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hitching
block. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the
30 same, showing the manner of securing the
winding spring in the block, one of the retain-
ing guards being broken away. Fig. 3 is a
vertical section of the block at right angles to
the section shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a ver-
35 tical section of the block through the bear-
ings at one end of the spool. Fig. 5 is a plan
view of the spring clamp. Fig. 6 is a vertical
section of the same along the line x x of
Fig. 5, and showing a portion of a rein and a
40 portion of the hood.
Similar characters of reference are used to
indicate the same parts throughout the sev-
eral views.
A bottom 1 is provided and may be made
45 thick enough to secure the necessary weight.
The bottom is provided with an annular up-
wardly projecting flange 2 which serves to
prevent displacement of the hood 3. The
hood 3 rests on the bottom 1 and is held
50 thereto by screws 4. The hood 3 has en-
larged portions 5 'in which screw sockets are
formed for the screws 4. There may be any
number of screws 4. The flange 2 will aid in
placing the hood on the bottom. Upwardly
55 projecting bearings 6 are formed integralPatented May 5, 1908.
with the bottom 1. A spool 7 is provided
with a shaft 8 which is j ournaled in the bear-
ings 6. The hitching rein 9 is attached to
the spool 7 in any suitable manner. Guards
10 are formed integral with the hood 3. 60
These guards 10 project down slightly be-
tween the bifurcated portions of the bearings
6 and hold shaft 8 in place, that is the guards
prevent the displacement of the shaft 8.
The end of the shaft 8 is split and a spring 65
11 isinserted in the slot 11' therein and se-
cured therein by a screw 12. The spring 11
is coiled around the shaft 8 and then caught
on a hook 13 which is rigid with the bottom
1. A guard 14 tends to prevent displace- 70
ment of the spring 11. The object of the
spring 11 is to draw the rein within the hood
when 'the rein is not in use. When the rein
is withdrawn or unwound from the spool 7
for use the spring 11 is coiled about the shaft 75
8 with sufficient tension to draw the rein
back into the hood when the rein is not in
use. The hood 3 has an opening 15 for the
passage of the strap 9 and the opening is
made slanting so that the strap may be 80
wound on the spool 7. A handle 16 is at-
tached to the hood by screws 16' which en-
ter the hood so that the screws will penetrate
the upper parts of the guards 10. A spring
clamp 17 is mounted on the strap 9 and may 85
be placed on the strap to hold the strap a
suitable length out of the hood for hitching
purposes and the clamp may be located at.
distance desired on the strap. When the
clamp is so located a horse may pull on the 9o
rein and draw the rein further out of the hood,
but the spring will continue to pull on the
strap or rein until the horse yields enough to
let the clamp go back to the hood. The
clamp 17 may be set at different points on 05
the rein by the hand, but the clamp will pre-
vent the strap from being drawn within the
hood. Thus when the horse is standing
hitched, the clamp prevents the spring from
pulling on the part of the rein which is out- n0o
side of the hood.
The spring clamp 17 is provided with a
pivoted member 18 which is held between
the ends of the clamp by a pivot bolt 19.
The member 18 has notches near the pivoted 105
end and the clamp 17 has projections 20
which engage the notches in the member 17.
The notches and the projections tend to hold
the pivoted member and the clamp 17 in po-
sition to engage the strap 9 and clamp the 110Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed August 27, 1907. Serial No. 390,358.
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Barnett, John B. Portable Hitching-Block, patent, May 5, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508442/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.